Site of Medieval Pillory by the Town Hall
Description of this historic site
Documentary evidence suggests that this was the site of a Medieval pillory, a wooden frame through which the head and hands of the offender were clamped, inviting ridicule. The site is at the intersection of High Street and Sheep Street. Stratford upon Avon.
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Notes about this historic site
1 The pillory stood at the crossing at the Town Hall, between High Street and Chapel Street in 1328.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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